Pioneers 70... Dakota College at Bottineau 62

The MCC Pioneer women made the trip to the "Woodshed" in Bottineau, ND and jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the first 3 minutes for a wire to wire 70-62 win. The Lumberjacks ralled from the 12-0 deficit to cut the lead to 15-14 but the Pioneers stretched the lead to 17 points in the 2nd quarter before settling for a 40-31 halftime lead. Each time the Lumberjacks rallied the Pioneers would have the answer to told off any chance of a Lumberjack win. 

India Blyth (Melbourne, Australia) had the hot hand for the Pioneers scoring 22 points (8-13 FG, 6-10 3's), collecting 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Jessica Tomkins (Melbourne, Australia) was the only other Pioneer in double figures with 16 points (7-9 FG, 2-2 FT) to go along with 9 rebounds. Julia Paoletta (Buenos Aires, Argentina) go the Pioneer offense rolling with 8 assists and Ella Paleaae-Cook had a stong overall game with 7 points (3-8 FG, 1-4 3's), 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. 

The Lumberjacks were led by Jacie Hall with 21 points (9-19 FG, 0-1 3's, 3-5 FT) and 7 rebounds. 

Inside the Box Score

• The Pioneers shot 28-62 (45%) from the field and connected on 10-28 (36%) from the 3-point line. The Pioneers made all 4 of their free throw attempts. 
• The Lumberjacks shot 22-65 (34%) from the field and 8-29 (28%) from 3-point line. The Jacks hit only 10-19 of free throw attempts.
• The Pioneers outrebounded the Jacks 44-32 with 7 offensive rebounds. Bottineau had 8 offensive rebounds. 
• MCC had 20 turnovers and DCB only 10. 

The Pioneers moved to 2-4 in MonDak Conference play and 3-4 overall. DCB dropped to 0-6 in league play and 2-6 overall. MCC will play host to Bismarck State on Sunday at 1:00 in the MCC Centra.